Issues that arise within a family, like divorce, adoption, name change, guardianship, domestic violence, child custody, child placement, visitation, and other issues.
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Divorce
Issues around filing for divorce, getting spousal support, splitting money and property, and following the court processes.
Property during and after divorce
How property and debt are divided when two spouses divorce, financial support between divorced spouses, and other money or property questions that might arise during or after divorce.
Learn More >Divorce Process
How to get a divorce, which means legally ending a marriage. This section talks about the two main ways to do it: contested divorce, where the spouses disagree, and uncontested divorce, where they agree.
Learn More >Child Support
Creating child support orders, modifying and enforcing them, paying for other children's' expenses, and claiming children's expenses on taxes.
How to calculate child support
The financial guidelines and model that Wisconsin uses to figure out child support arrangements.
Learn More >How to change a child support order
Whether and how a parent can modify a child support order or arrangement.
Learn More >How to enforce child support
Options for enforcing child support orders, including tax intercepts and private enforcement.
Learn More >Custody & Placement
Who gets to make decisions for the child (custody) and where does the child live (placement)? This section covers getting, changing, and enforcing custody and placement orders along with visitation rights for family members.
All about custody and placement
Different types of custody and placement, how courts decide custody and placement of children, and other FAQs about custody and placement.
Learn More >Enforcing custody or placement orders
The process and difficulties of enforcing a child custody order or placement order.
Learn More >Changing custody or placement orders
The process and issues around changing an existing child placement order.
Learn More >Parental Rights & Paternity
Emancipation, terminating parental rights, and establishing paternity of a child.
Paternity
Establishing paternity of a child, or responding to a paternity case filed against you.
Learn More >Safety
This section discusses issues surrounding safety including child abuse, domestic violence, and different types of restraining orders.
Child Abuse & Neglect
This section covers issues related to suspected child abuse and neglect. It covers how investigations are carried out, what rights and procedures there are, how orders or plans might be issued, and how decisions are made.
Learn More >Domestic Violence
This section concerns options for people dealing with domestic violence and abuse, including getting protective orders, enforcing them, understanding abuse, reporting abuse, and getting resources and status if there is abuse.
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